Two years after Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) announced the investment of €60m (US$68.4m) on the main runway – called 10/28 – and additional airport infrastructure, news has been released today (Thursday) that a second runway is to be built at an expected cost of €320m (US$365m). Work will begin in 2017, with completion expected by […]
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Mirus Aircraft Seating released that the launch customer for the Mirus Hawk, short-range economy seat is low-cost Asian carrier AirAsia. At the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, an agreement was signed by the CEO’s of the two companies, Phil Hall and Tony Fernandes. The deal will see AirAsia retrofit all existing and new Airbus A320
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Thomas Global Systems has signed a distribution agreement with DAC International, a Greenwich AeroGroup company. Under the agreement, DAC International – a distributor of avionics, test equipment, data converters and aviation supplies for general, corporate, military, regional and commercial aircraft – will serve as a distributor of Thomas Global’s pioneering range of plug-and-play CRT-to-LCD avionic
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Kerry Logistics Network, a logistics service provider in Asia, has appointed Ronnie Kempf as the new Managing Director for Germany and Switzerland. Kempf has taken up his new position on April 1st, 2016 and is based at the Kerry Logistics Europe headquarters in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. From here, he will run the operative business in Bremen,
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Alcoa has entered into an agreement with Airbus to supply 3D-printed titanium fuselage and engine pylon components for Airbus commercial aircraft. Alcoa expects to deliver the first additive manufactured parts to Airbus in mid-2016. Airbus chose to work with Alcoa because of its comprehensive capabilities, from materials science leadership to additive manufacturing and aerospace parts
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SAS increased its scheduled capacity in March by 6.8% and traffic increased by 4%. The overall load factor declined by 2.0 points to 71.4%.
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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has completed its acquisition of privately held Southern Air Holdings, a premier provider of intercontinental and domestic CMI (crew, maintenance and insurance) services, in an immediately accretive transaction for cash consideration of approximately US$110m, subject to customary adjustments. The company did not assume any debt in connection with the acquisition. The
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AerCap Holdings has completed the closing of a new US$0.7bn secured credit facility. The facility will primarily be used to acquire new narrowbody and widebody aircraft as they deliver from Boeing and Airbus through the end of 2016. The facility was signed to finance a portfolio of 9 aircraft and has a maturity date of
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SkyWest reported combined March 2016 traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. Combined traffic decreased 4.9% compared to March 2015, while capacity decreased 4.1%. Combined load factor for the month was slightly down by 0.7 points to 81.8%.
All Nippon Airways has extended its On-Site Support (OSS) agreement with UTC Aerospace Systems for ANA’s fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The agreement, valued at more than US$60m, includes total repair and inventory support services for air management, electric power and engine systems. Under the program, UTC Aerospace Systems’ global network provides spare parts,
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